Ronald Leslie BOWERS

BOWERS, Ronald Leslie

Service Number: QX5225
Enlisted: 27 May 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queenlsand
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1914
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Hand
Died: Died of wounds, Libya, 21 June 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Tobruk War Cemetery Plot 4, Row B, Grave 6 Roll of Honour Ipswich QLD, Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, Cleveland War Memorial, Harrisville Memorial Gates, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2, Wellington Point St James' Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX5225
27 May 1940: Enlisted Kelvin Grove, Queenlsand
27 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5225, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1940: Embarked HMT 2 from Melbourne
21 Jun 1941: Discharged

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Biography

2/15 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Maurice Ernest Coleman Bowers and Louise Charlotte Bowers, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.